New Releases by Michael Isikoff

New York Times Bestseller From veteran award-winning investigative journalists Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, the epic inside story of the prosecution of a president. In Find Me the Votes, two years of immersive reporting by Isikoff and Klaidman has produced the most authoritative and dramatic account yet of a defeated president’s conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and how a local Georgia prosecutor—a daughter of the civil rights movement—decided to indict him and his allies for his desperate attempt to hold on to power. From the beginning, Fani Willis saw Donald Trump’s crimes as a voting rights case, and an attempt by the former president to deprive the citizens of Georgia of the franchise, a right for which her forebears had bled. Isikoff and Klaidman take us deep inside both the nerve center of Trump’s effort to steal the election and the DA’s team of prosecutors as they build their case against the president. Their reporting reveals new information on the plot to criminally seize voting equipment in several states; Sidney Powell’s attempt to obtain preemptive pardons from Trump; and revelatory communications between the president and his co-conspirators. We see the prosecution take shape in Willis’s office in the face of heinous threats of violent retaliation from Trump’s supporters. With blockbuster original reporting and exclusive access to thousands of secret documents, emails, text messages, and audio recordings, Find Me the Votes is investigative journalism at its finest. The authors also conducted exclusive interviews with key sources in the Trump conspiracy, as well as with the president’s top targets, including Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger and the Fulton County DA’s team–featuring hours of interviews with Fani Willis herself. This is riveting contemporary history, and a lasting account of the prosecution of a president who tested the rule of law as no president ever had before. Isikoff and Klaidman have written a story for the ages.

ROLETA RUSSA é uma história de manipulações sem precedentes na História dos Estados Unidos. Interliga relatos de intriga internacional, espionagem informática e rivalidades entre superpotências. Após o azedar das relações entre Estados Unidos e Rússia, enquanto Vladimir Putin tentava reafirmar o poder da Rússia no palco mundial, Moscovo treinava os seus melhores hackers e trolls em alvos políticos norte-americanos e aproveitava-se da WikiLeaks para disseminar informação que poderia afetar a campanha de 2016. Os russos foram bastante bem-sucedidos e a grande intrusão de 2016 não foi um «roubo de quinta categoria». Foi bem mais sofisticado e sinistro, um descarado ato de espionagem política com o objetivo de interferir nas eleições. No final, Trump, o candidato que tentava fazer negócios na Rússia, venceu. E milhões de americanos interrogaram-se: o que aconteceu? Esta história de espionagem hi-tech e disputas políticas é contada sobre o pano de fundo da estranha relação de Trump com Putin e sobre os curiosos laços entre membros do seu círculo mais restrito - entre os quais Paul Manafort e Michael Flynn - e a Rússia. ROLETA RUSSA relata e analisa este escândalo bizarro, explica o que estava em jogo e responde a uma das maiores questões da política americana: como e por que razão um governo externo se infiltrou no processo político do país e ganhou influência sobre Washington?

The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency. " Russian Roulette is...the most thorough and riveting account." -- The New York Times Russian Roulette is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry. After U.S.-Russia relations soured, as Vladimir Putin moved to reassert Russian strength on the global stage, Moscow trained its best hackers and trolls on U.S. political targets and exploited WikiLeaks to disseminate information that could affect the 2016 election. The Russians were wildly successful and the great break-in of 2016 was no "third-rate burglary." It was far more sophisticated and sinister -- a brazen act of political espionage designed to interfere with American democracy. At the end of the day, Trump, the candidate who pursued business deals in Russia, won. And millions of Americans were left wondering, what the hell happened? This story of high-tech spying and multiple political feuds is told against the backdrop of Trump''s strange relationship with Putin and the curious ties between members of his inner circle -- including Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn -- and Russia. Russian Roulette chronicles and explores this bizarre scandal, explains the stakes, and answers one of the biggest questions in American politics: How and why did a foreign government infiltrate the country''s political process and gain influence in Washington?

Helyenként publicisztikus, helyenként regényes könyv nyilvánvaló politikai elfogultságot tükröz, amit a szerzők jobbára azzal mentegetnek, hogy "még folyamatban levő botrányról könyvet írni" kockázatos vállalkozás, mivel a tévedések lehetőségét hordozza magában. "www.kello.hu © minden jog fenntartva"

NAJWIĘKSZY SKANDAL MIĘDZY KREMLEM I BIAŁYM DOMEMAutorzy prześledzili rosyjskie interesy Trumpa i prześwietlili zaskakujące powiązania jego bliskich współpracowników. Zrekonstruowali śledztwa w sprawie rosyjskiego hakowania, w tym głośnego włamania do komputerów Krajowego Komitetu Partii Demokratycznej, określanego jako nowa wersja Watergate, opisali aferę z mailami Clinton i szefa jej sztabu Podesty, ujawnili wstrząsające taktyki i statystyki dotyczące infiltracji amerykańskiego internetu przez rosyjskie służby specjalne.Książka analizuje też skutki, które może mieć ten nowy rodzaj wojny w przyszłości. Jak się bronić w świecie, w którym fake newsy mogą stanowić "absolutny dynamit" zdolny wysadzić go w powietrze? "Czy amerykański prezydent zmówił się z rosyjskim rządem, aby wygrać wybory? To pytanie jest centralną kwestią polityczną naszych czasów. Każdy obywatel każdej demokracji powinien znać tę historię, ponieważ jeśli manipulacje w mediach społecznościowych i machinacje hakerskie mogą zniekształcić amerykańską politykę, to mogą też zniekształcić wszelką politykę w dowolnym miejscu" - Anne Applebaum, dziennikarka "The Washington Post", laureatka Nagrody Pulitzera za książkę "Gułag" "To fantastyczna kronika ingerencji Rosji w prezydencką kampanię w Stanach Zjednoczonych w 2016 r. i opis przerażającej bezsilności Amerykanów, którzy nie potrafili dać należytego odporu agresywnym mundurowym i cywilnym hakerom Putina. Fascynujące są opisy, jak amerykański miliarder w obcym kraju lgnie do ludzi absolutnie szemranych, zawiera podejrzane transakcje, wdaje się w perwersyjne przygody seksualne. Ileż po tym wszystkim haków muszą mieć w Rosji na 45. prezydenta USA" - Wacław Radziwinowicz, wieloletni korespondent "Gazety Wyborczej" w Rosji "Solidne dziennikarskie śledztwo dwóch bardzo doświadczonych dziennikarzy. Każda strona tej książki jest absolutnie porywająca" - Bartosz Węglarczyk, dziennikarz onet.pl, były korespondent "Gazety Wyborczej" w Rosji i USA "Isikoff i Corn znakomicie pokazują nieprzygotowanie i bezradność Partii Demokratycznej i sztabu Hillary Clinton w obliczu rosyjskiej cyberdywersji. Tworzą pasjonującą opowieść o konfrontacji skrępowanej konwencjami tradycyjnej polityki, z bezwzględnością postpolityki uprawianej przez Moskwę" - Tomasz Zalewski, długoletni korespondent PAP i "Polityki" w USA

The real story behind the investigation of Iraq, and the basis for the MSNBC documentary of the same name hosted by Rachel Maddow Filled with news-making revelations that made it a New York Times bestseller, Hubris takes us behind the scenes at the White House, CIA, Pentagon, State Department, and Congress to show how George W. Bush came to invade Iraq--and how his administration struggled with the devastating fallout. Hubris connects the dots between Bush''s expletive-laden outbursts at Saddam Hussein, the bitter battles between the CIA and the White House, the fights within the intelligence community over Saddam''s supposed weapons of mass destruction, the outing of an undercover CIA officer, and the Bush administration''s misleading sales campaign for war. Written by veteran reporters Michael Isikoff and David Corn, this is an inside look at how a president took the nation to war using faulty and fraudulent intelligence. It''s a dramatic page-turner and an intriguing account of conspiracy, backstabbing, bureaucratic ineptitude, journalistic malfeasance, and arrogance.

"Michael Isikoff, who is credited with breaking the Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Monica Lewinsky stories, is universally acknowledged as the leading reporter who brought to light the incredible revelations about Clinton''s personal and political misconduct that have shocked the world." "As a reporter for the Washington Post and Newsweek, Isikoff established himself as an astute observer and chronicler of the Clinton presidency. Isikoff had no agenda when he started investigating President Clinton''s conduct other than to get at the truth. But as he battled skeptical editors and a formidable White House spin machine, Isikoff unwittingly became a primary character in the unfolding drama." "Beyond the remarkable case of journalistic detective work, Isikoff provides something even more significant: a work that illuminates the psychologically troubling behavior of a president, an Administration that has enabled his actions, a motley crew of Clinton-haters who would stop at nothing to topple the president, and a rapidly changing media grappling with the ever-shifting boundaries between public and private behaviors. Uncovering Clinton will surely be the definitive account of our nation''s biggest political scandal since Watergate."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved